EXPLOSIVE SITUATION’, SAYS FIRE CHIEF

-N. Van forests

_All trails through forests and on mountains in North Vancouver District were

closed down to public access —

only except on the SkyRide. Grouse Mountain highway and all the trails are now closed except to people who

by fire chief Bob McDonald, _: obtain __.writt Friday when the forest fire from the fire chief.

» tisk was declared- “ex- plosive”.

The forest restrictions were issued following tests of duff above the soil in shaded forest areas the previous day which showed zero moisture content.

Partial closures were brought into effect throughout District: forests. limiting travel on Grouse Mountain to permit holders

Girl ‘scarred for life’ by

Travel in District parks is restricted to trails only and parks will have fire safety patrols making checks.

Indian River closed except to residents. «+

Chief McDonald urges extreme care as he considers the situation very hazardous.

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in Lynn Valley Park. Christine Trevitt, said her daughter Jennifer was

playing in the park at about 8 p.m., when a dog broke free from the teenage girl holding it and attacked = her daughter.

‘It grabbed her hip and wouldn't let go,’ she said.

Trevitt said the dog was a cross between a German Shepherd and a Dobermann, and was told by the RCMP that the breed of dog was particulary vicious.

When she took her daughter to Lions Gate Hospital, Trevitt said she

was told there have been a rash of dog biting incidents recently.

Trevitt, who is a pre- ‘school teacher, said she is particularly concerned

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repeated.”

‘I will not rest until this dog is sr down.’

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